A brand new restaurant and gastro pub in Cowbridge, for which money was raised through a Kickstarter fund, is opening its doors on Friday, November 25 at the site of the old The Carne Arms pub, a 16th Century building that has been at the heart of the community.
Run by chefs Lewis Dwyer and Andy Aston, Hiraeth is going to be a restaurant-come-pub where you can "kick back and enjoy it" and have a "dining experience". It will serve up seasonal food which "showcases a modern British style of cooking that's delivered in a relaxed, unpretentious style", as stated by its Kickstarter site. The money raised has been used for a variety of things, from signage, branding and renovating the area to recruitment, stock and crucial furniture and kitchen items. Read more on the kickstarter here.
"The reason we did it was because we're not naive to the fact that fuel costs are going up," said Andy of the Kickstarter fund. "We got given the quote for our electricity bill on a monthly basis and it's quite scary stuff. So we looked at it and thought 'do we really want to start a business, going to the bank or finance company and take out a load of debt?', so that's another bill that adds to the pile.
